needs vs wants

i've decided to conduct a little social experiment on myself.

You know the old topic about needs and wants. Alot of us fortunate chaps have lots of wants and are not satisfied when we already fulfil all our needs, and instead want to pursue more wants. (human nature of unlimited wants keeps the world economy going :p there's some econs law abt this but i forgot)


And on the other hand there are people in the world who can't meet their basic needs of food, clothes, etc and are starving and all.



brr this is just scary. and sad :( (the irony is that the website i got this pic from was called 'godlovespeople.com'. hmm. )

SO ANYWAY. since enterring army and getting much more money than my entire life (yes, i only got meal allowance in the past.) .. i realised that i've been spending pretty extravagantly!

Just look at my extravagant lifestyle this year.. im gonna just go through my photobucket/blogger account to search for such evidence and things that i bought, etc.




















S&K Cargo pants @ around 50 bucks? lol sorry i dont have a picture of it.




LP Jacket which i




Espirit shirt. which technically i didnt buy, it was a present from manda. but still, it's an indulgence. :) esprit is no cheap brand yo.

Of course, my lovely sleek black PSP which i still play.
This was on total impulse. Just one day i was thinking about how everyone had a PSP and how i wanted a PSP too. the next day i went looking for it . (after some research the night before la)

AND from taiwan, many many things bought such as :

This outfit (the brown stripes + brown outer shirt) was from taiwan

This sweater hoodie outfit was from taiwan too.


this cap was a literal last minute buy - on the last day of shopping with like 10 minutes left i wanted to spend all my taiwan currency so i just grabbed something




frequent suppers such as this lovely mushroom cheese from thomson prata house =)

and swensons =)

=)..
(drooling)



my 21inch monitor which i got after my old one spoilt.

Of course, my lovely c902 which took all these pictures

prom! spent on:


haircut (my first haircut above 20 bucks)

handsome prom outfit :p
on a random note.. katie kang pei pei (this girl) is now a model!! omg la. totally didnt know till like several days ago when i randomly searched her name on google. she did model before in the past, but i never thought she'd go so far as 2nd runner up in ms singapore world! (or so says clara.. dunon whether really 2nd runner up, just know katie did take part in many pageants)
http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/showthread.php?t=38432
here, go ahead, take a look. scroll down all the way for the chio up-close shots



buying alcohol when i can't drink at all.
(after half a bottle of this i was tipsy already. the next day i got rashes =X)



NYNY ribs =) pure indulgence

possibly my favouritest dessert ever =) mudpie from NYNY!

and the most recent expenditure, an ipod nano 4g =)

~~~~~

okkk i think i digressed alot. and some of those arent even from this year , like prom =X hahaha. but yea u get the idea, those were luxuries that i could probably live without but i still had. and this year i had exceptional amount of luxuries

which probably explains why my bank account never had more than 2k at any point of time, and i havent been able to have above 1k just before payday. (right now it's below 1k already)
:(

so ive decided.. i wanna save! so i'm going to do something that seems entirely paradoxical - whatever i want, i'm going to deliberately not get, and just satisfy my needs.
So for example, i want a pair of Levi's jeans now!! they got this awesome offer that if you give them an old pair of jeans they give u $50 off any pair of Levi's jeans! (that is above $100)
but according to my new logic, i'm going to NOT get them on purpose.

This way i save alot of money yknow! and well, i guess another word for this is thrifty.
Ok let me make a list of things that i want (yes i still want stuff, im such a greedy splurging pig.)
1) Levi's Jeans
2) mike! + headphones (for talking while playign games)
3) camera (im getting irritated with all the 8MP phones coming out.. just after i got my 5MP one. ok not JUST after. but. relatively )
4) new RAM. my com's lagging like shit. (this may become a need soon.. if my com continues to lag like mad and starts frustrating the hell out of me)

but...
i wont get all of this!!!

:S i hope i can .